UVA Wise Track Award Recipients: ier 1 Winners ($1000): T Midas Gloves, Daniel Bettendorf Smart Collar, McKenna Blevins Tier 2 Winners ($500): Health IT, Joseph LaCava Class App, Paul Kentes, Tara Greear, McKenna Blevins, Chris Floor Learning With Hope, Victoria Pedigo
Discovery Competition (Award Winners Received $5,000 each) airsurve Garrett Allen, McIntire School of Commerce FoodAssist Mario Sukkar, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Alan Wei, College of Arts and Sciences Helme Brent Baumgartner, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Koleman Nix, College of Arts and Sciences Jobocracy Andy Page, College of Arts and Sciences; Brian Mitchell, College of Arts and Science MicroHub Porter Nenon, College of Arts and Sciences; Adam Jones, College of Arts and Sciences; Kaija Flood, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy; William Henagan, College of Arts and Sciences
First Place ($20,000) AgroSpheres LLC
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Second Place ($15,000) AsyncTalent
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Third Place ($10,000) Notable Music LLC
Winner: Helme $250 and $10,000 worth of legal services from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati Honorable Mention: Janus.io Founded by John Greenfield (MBA ’16) $250 Palooza $250
Strategic Competition Initiative The Batten Institute provides funding to sponsor student teams participating in strategic competitions in the areas of global leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation, sustainability, ethics and diversity. In 2015-16, Darden students participated in the following events: Venture Capital Investment Competition (Boston, MA) Darden’s Team Placed 2nd in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Finals EDENS Retail Competition: Regionals (Bethesda, MD) Darden’s Team from venture RHOBACK placed 1st: $500 prize EDENS Retail Competition: National Finals (Washington, D.C.) Darden’s Team from venture RHOBACK placed 1st: $10,000 prize Fantasy Sports Trade Association Winter Conference Elevator Pitch Competition (Dallas, TX)
Launch! Competition
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Venture and Prototype Fair at the 2015-16 Entrepreneurship Conference
Audience Choice ($2,500) AgroSpheres LLC
MINT Impact Investing Competition (Philadelphia, PA) MADV Venture Forum (Philadelphia, PA) App Idea Awards (New York, NY) Darden’s Team Named Finalists
VCIC Boston Team – L to R: Jim Finnerty, Olivia Bumb, Ryan Frisbie, Matthew Breen, Samuel Boochever
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